Murder Markets: Group Conflict, Network Contagion and the Social Structure of Gang Homicide
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Note to Workshop: This draft is still largely unedited. I apologize for any errors. The discussion/conclusion section is still being written. " The gang, in short, is life, often rough and untamed, yet rich in elemental social processes significant to the student of society and human nature " – Frederic Thrasher (1927, pg. iii).
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